“Burn the sucka down!”
Rallying cry for rioters and looters as violence sweeps the nation’s cities. I saw it all once before, in 1968 when I was a cop in Miami, Florida. Baltimore is simply a replay of Miami, where after three days of shooting and looting I ended up in the hospital, one of dozens of injured cops, while my patrol car ended up with thirteen bullet holes in it.
Listen to politicians and race baiters and they tell you rioting occurs because of “centuries of racial subjugation. . . lingering effects of slavery. . . racism. . .”
No. It has nothing to do with color of skin. Prior to 1960s, there was statistically no difference between black and white communities. Crime rates, labor force, out-of-wedlock births, all social indicators were virtually equal.
So what happened?
The liberal welfare state is what happened.
Government policies destroyed the black culture, says black economics professor Thomas Sowell. They destroyed the black man’s self-reliance, his family, his pride, and his community. Made him dependent upon government rather than upon himself in order to achieve “social justice” and “racial parity.” Individuals lose big time once government shows up.
Today, 85 percent of all black children are without fathers. Most “baby mamas” end up in poverty and on welfare, a repeating cycle. Growing up without fathers forecasts future criminal behavior better than either race or poverty.
Facts are that urban blacks now commit crimes far out of proportion to their population. If “black lives matter,” why are three-fourths of all homicides committed by black people, most of whose victims are likewise black. Common sense dictates high crime areas draw more police attention.
Idle dudes hanging on street corners blocking traffic and harassing citizens will be confronted. Carloads of known gangstas out at three a.m. will be stopped. Known dope dealers holding a stash will be chased. Behavior in high crime areas is more apt to be regarded as suspicious—because it often is suspicious.
Black districts I worked in Miami had the highest rate of violence in the city. Every night, it was junkies and hookers, family fights, shootings and stabbings. Youth hooked on drugs OD’d in musty condemned buildings where cops had to kick rats off the corpses. A street gang stabbed a ‘Rican one hundred times because he unwittingly took a shortcut across the Baby Browns’ turf. Ten-year-olds stole cars, snatched purses, and shot twelve-year-olds. Kids ran as wild as coyotes. Girls thirteen years old gave birth in order to draw welfare. . .
Frightened black citizens, tears in their eyes, ran up to hug cops. “Please, please throw them thieves and gangs and dopeheads in jail. I’m afraid to go out of my house.”
Societal breakdown created by good intentions with disastrous unintended consequences. But every time things blow up, it’s “racism” and not policies that have confined black people to ghetto plantations, made government their “mama,” and ensured continuing unrest.
“Burn the sucka down!”
Want a harrowing look at the madness of modern American society? Read Going Bonkers: The Wacky World of Cultural Madness, by Charles W. Sasser. Available in paperback or Kindle at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
Right on Charlie. I was in everyone from 1968 on. I worked Liberty City for the first 10 years. I always felt sorry for the one that were trapped in that shit hole.
AMEN!
I’m very confused about the situation in Ferguson. Since when is it illegal for a policeman to shoot someone who is resisting him and/or fleeing from him? Whether or not that person is armed?
In Baltimore it sounds as if the prisoner injured himself and the rioters were just looking for an excuse to riot. And why not? It works.
Chuck, just last night a friend posted a picture of 3 black men, One an attorney, one a bailiff, and one appearing before the judge. It was intended to show that the right choice makes a world of difference in people’s lives. Immediately a liberal sorta feller from New Zealand starting spouting that the blacks are genetically predisposed toward crime, since their parent were drug abusers while the fetus was being born. You know the type, it’s never the criminals fault. After a couple of exchanges with the gent (he following Rules for Radicals), I made a post that shut him up. Thought you might like this response…. “David Fetty Blaze, a positive picture of two positive role models were posted because we believe in people, we have faith they can do what they try. You come back and scientifically prove they are genetically disposed toward being unable to do it . Seems to me the positive message is “You can do it”, while the negative is “You’re from a race of druggies and won’t succeed” Which sounds more racist to you?”
According to the U.S. Department of Education, $17,329 is the total expenditure that the Baltimore City Public Schools made per student in the 2010-2011 school year, the latest year for which the Department of Education has reported this data. ($17,329 in 2011 dollars, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, equals about $18,083 in 2015 dollars.) The teacher to student ratio is 1/16 but if you add in all the teacher’s aides, administrators, librarians, etc., the ratio is about 1/8. The 2 Trillion dollars spent on the “War on Poverty” has truly been squandered.
Chuck, thank you for expressing as only you can how so many of us feel. I’ve never believed it’s a black or white subject. We make choices. Those choices may be affected by our environment but they’re still choices. I hear the poor me slavery issue all the time, as if I’m responsible for someone’s ancestors being slaves, creating a negative environment for people today. My advise is to stop being African-American and try just being American. Lay down the African crutch and pick up the banner of citizenship and make a difference here.
By the way, I just orders Going Bonkers.